White House Uses Rare Power to Override Congress Amid Agency Funding Cuts
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The White House under President Trump is considering using a rarely employed legal power called pocket rescission to unilaterally cancel billions of dollars in federal spending without congressional approval, potentially leading to a legal showdown over the constitutional power of the purse.
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